Lewis L. Walker

Lewis L. Walker
A portrait of Walker in 1910
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 8th district
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Preceded by	Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert
Succeeded by	Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert
Personal details
Born	Lewis Leavell Walker (1873-02-15)February 15, 1873 Lancaster, Kentucky
Died	June 30, 1944(1944-06-30) (aged 71) Lancaster, Kentucky
Resting place	Lancaster Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Central University (now Eastern Kentucky University)
Profession	Lawyer

Lewis Leavell Walker (February 15, 1873 – June 30, 1944) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born in Lancaster, Kentucky, Walker attended Lancaster (Kentucky) Academy, Garrard College, Lancaster, Kentucky, and Central University, Richmond, Kentucky. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Kentucky. He also engaged in banking. He served as prosecuting attorney of Garrard County in 1901. Walker served as city attorney of Lancaster 1907-1910. He served as trustee of the University of Kentucky, at Lexington, Kentucky from 1908 to 1915. He served as judge of the 13th judicial district of Kentucky in 1910 and 1911.

Walker was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930. Walker was preceded and succeeded in his congressional seat by the same person, Democrat Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert.

Walker continued the practice of law in Lancaster, Kentucky, until his death there on June 30, 1944. He was interred in Lancaster Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Lewis L. Walker (id: W000063)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 
• Johnson, E. Polk (1912). A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 871–873. Retrieved 2008-11-10. 

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